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Genus Pyromorpha

Orange-patched Smoky Moth - Pyromorpha dimidiata

male adult orange-patched smoky moth/Pyromorpha dimidiata - Pyromorpha dimidiata - male

Moth - Orange-patched Smoky Moth - Dorsal - Pyromorpha dimidiata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea

Family Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)

Genus Pyromorpha

Numbers

6 spp. according to Arnett

See Also

Lycomorpha[/i], another moth.

See also the presumed model of the mimicry, the Lycid beetles of genus Calopteron[/i].

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 10 August, 2007 - 12:31pm

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